An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to which are Added Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse, with Suggestions to Instructors of the Art |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 20
... stand unshaken , from within Or from without , to all temptations arm'd . Hadst thou the same free will and pow'r to stand ? Thou hadst : Whom hast thou then , or what to accuse , But heav'n's free love dealt equally to all ? Be then ...
... stand unshaken , from within Or from without , to all temptations arm'd . Hadst thou the same free will and pow'r to stand ? Thou hadst : Whom hast thou then , or what to accuse , But heav'n's free love dealt equally to all ? Be then ...
Page 33
... is surrounded with a hedge as it were set about it - That tribunal which from age to age has been fighting for the liberties of the people , and without the aid of which it would have been in vain for me to stand ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . 33.
... is surrounded with a hedge as it were set about it - That tribunal which from age to age has been fighting for the liberties of the people , and without the aid of which it would have been in vain for me to stand ESSAY ON ELOCUTION . 33.
Page 34
... stand up before you , or to think of looking round for assistance . " ERSKINE FOR TOOK , ON TRIAL BY JURY " With thee conversing I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all please alike . Sweet is the breath of morn , her ...
... stand up before you , or to think of looking round for assistance . " ERSKINE FOR TOOK , ON TRIAL BY JURY " With thee conversing I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all please alike . Sweet is the breath of morn , her ...
Page 41
... stands the oak , the monarch of the wood . " - HOME . " He is a rock opposed to the rude sea that beats against it- G. COLMAN THE YOUNger . " He arose a colossal pillar to perpetuate to future ages- DWYER . " 9 XX . COMPARISON ...
... stands the oak , the monarch of the wood . " - HOME . " He is a rock opposed to the rude sea that beats against it- G. COLMAN THE YOUNger . " He arose a colossal pillar to perpetuate to future ages- DWYER . " 9 XX . COMPARISON ...
Page 66
... stands alone , as " This book is mine . " In Scripture , the i in this word should have its long sound as in the substantive . In authors where dignity and sublimity do not occur , the full sound would appear stiff and pedantic ...
... stands alone , as " This book is mine . " In Scripture , the i in this word should have its long sound as in the substantive . In authors where dignity and sublimity do not occur , the full sound would appear stiff and pedantic ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beautiful behold beneath blank verse blessed blood breath brow Brutus Cæsar called cause character clouds dark dead dead rise death deep delight Demosthenes dread earth ELOCUTION eloquence eternal fair fall Father feel fire Gael George Somers give glory grace grave Greece hand happy hath heard heart heaven honor hope human human voice inflections justice king liberty light live Lochiel look Lord ment mind morning mountain nation nature never night noble o'er pass passion patriot peace pride pronounced pronunciation raised religion rising rocks rolling clouds Roman Roman Forum Rome ruin Saxon scene side smile soul sound speak spirit stood sublime sweet tears tempest temples thee THERMÆ thine things thou thought throne tion vale VALE OF TEMPE Vespasian virtue voice vowels waves wild wind wings word
Popular passages
Page 73 - The light of the body is the eye : if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness...
Page 119 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!...
Page 38 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 151 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 76 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? " But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen. "And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain...
Page 71 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Page 69 - Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Page 17 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, "Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 237 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 72 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.